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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.8004,Lat: 53.7273
Elevation	73 meter above sea level
Local time	6:41:39am
Name province/region	Border Midland and Western
Name Subregion	Midland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Longford
Name	Longford No. 1 Urban

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Edgeworthstown	13.2 km	EastSouthEast
2 Ballymahon	18.6 km	South
3 Strokestown	20.7 km	WestNorthWest
4 Granard	21.1 km	East
5 Mohill	22.2 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	110 km	SouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	156 km	EastNorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	222 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 72 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Shannon. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Forbes (3 km² at a distance of 6.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 47.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 66 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Dublin Airport (at a distance of 107 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Ireland West Knock Airport (at a distance of 70 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2 km2

2.5%

Nature

1.4 km2

1.7%

Wet nature

7.8 km2

9.9%

Agriculture

60.8 km2

77.4%

Urban area

6.2 km2

7.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Longford in country Ireland

Longford at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	89 km	EastSouthEast
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	190 km	NorthEast
3 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	242 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Brown Bog SAC	IE	3.1 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Longford
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Longford

Type of weather in Longford	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	06:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:05 Europe/Amsterdam